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(VII). SAMUEL.
SCHOOLEY OF BURLINGTON.
JOHN (s. of JOHN, of Housworth parish, County York, England), bought 625 acres in Springfield twp., Burlington Co., N. J., d. 1725, Oct. 17, m. first, Rebecca Bennett, 1697 ; second, Frances Taylor (dau. of Samuel and widow of Joseph Nicholson) ; had ch .:
I. SUSANNA, b. 1711-12, Dec. 24, m. 1730, Michel Newbold.
II. JOHN, b. 1714-16, Nov. 22, m. 1743, Rachel Wright ; will prob. 1757, Feb. 7 (Trenton, 8 : 354), mentions brothers and sisters in his will, and a dau. named FRANCES.
III. THOMAS, b. 1718-19, Dec. 5, died young.
IV. MARY, b. 1720, Dec. 24, m. first, Jonathan Barton ; second, Thomas Black ; third, Samuel Wright.
V. ISABEL, b. 1721, Feb. 28, m. 1750, Jacob Ridgeway.
VI. SAMUEL, b. 1723, May 25.
VII. REBECCA, b. 1725, Aug. 3, m. 1747, Joseph Wright.
VIII. SARAH. b, 1727, June 6, m. 1752, Joseph Horner.
IX. JONATHAN, b. 1729, Aug. 3, m. 1750, Mary Wright.
X. ANN, m. 1725, Thomas Scattergood.
WILLIAM (prob. s. of ROBERT, 1st, of Burlington), owned a proprietary tract, near Draketown. Washington twp., but sold it to - Colver, then moved to Randolph twp., where he purchased 600 acres from the Kirkbride family, including what is now Millbrook, three miles south-east from Dover. This is said to have been in the winter of the heavy snow, 1740. His son ROBERT built the first grist mill in that part of the county. William's three daughters married respectively Henry and Richard Brotherton and Richard Dell. This latter gentleman removed from Pleasant Grove, and bought from William Penn a tract two miles east from Dover on the south side of the Rockaway River. His son, Thamas Dell, bought land of the Kirkbride heirs a mile east of Mine Hill, and resided there until his death in 1850, at 90 or more years of age. [See Annals of Morris County, p. 4].
SCHOOLEY OF RANDOLPH TWP., MORRIS CO.
WILLIAM probably had children :
I. WILLIAM, perhaps of Greenwich twp., now Warren Co .; his will prob. 1761, May 5, and names " my brother" ROBERT's son JOSEPH, and " my son" (I). JOHN, perhaps the one whose will, dated Greenwich 1807, Dec. 17, prob. 1808, Feb. 16, names wife, Elisabeth, and ch .: 1. Elisabeth, m. Lefferd Houghawout ; 2. Theodosias, m. Michael Minnier ; 3. Sarah, (dec.), m. John Barber ; 4. Anne, m. Herbert Hyner ; 5. Rachel, m. John Hyner ; 6. Mary; 7. Abigail; 8. Elisabeth; 9. Nathaniel ; 10. John. (II). RICHARD, of Byram twp., Sussex Co., probably m. 1751, May 25, Martha Tantom, "both of Morris Co." [Trenton Records]., names in his
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will of date 1801, March 18, prob. 1805, Oct. 12, my cousin, Richard Brotherton ; James Brotherton, son of John; Mary and Elisabeth Brotherton, daughters of William ; my uncle, Robert Schooley, and his son, Richard ; my cousin, Elisabeth Dell, daughter of Richard.
II. ROBERT ; has ch., perhaps : (I). JOSEPH ; (II). RICHARD.
III. A DAUGHTER, m. Richard Dell, from Schooley's Mountain 1759, and purchased land of William Penn in Randolph, where he lived until his death in 1804 ; his farm between Dover and Rockaway. Had ch .; (I). ELISABETH ; (II). THOMAS, d. 1850, at 91.
IV. A DAUGHTER, m. Henry Brotherton.
V. A DAUGHTER, m. Richard Brotherton ; had son, RICHARD.
MISCELLANEOUS-Michael Schooley lived at Bound Brook very early, about 1700,
SCHUYLER.
PHILIP SCHUYLER, b. 1718, d. 1784, Aug. 27, m. Ann Anderson (?), b. 1725, d. 1796, Nov. 13. His will was dated 1775, Jan. 27, and prob. 1785, Jan. 15. He had ch. (order as mentioned in will) :
I. PHILIP, JR., rem. to Sussex Co.
II. PETER ; had ch .:
(I). MARGARET, m. Luke Read.
(II). LENA, m. Fred. Hoffman.
(III). ELISABETE, m. & Flomervelt.
(IV). CHRISTINA, m. Will. Apgar.
III. WILLIAM, b. 1759, Nov. 6, d. 1822, Aug. 19, m. Mary Hoffman (dau. of Henry), b. 1758, June 4, d. 1847, April 3 ; had ch .: (I). PHILIP.
(II). PETER, b. 1801, June 21, d. 1859, March 26, m. Barbara Apgar (dau. of William), b. 1804, June 22, d. 1880, Oct. 26 ; had ch .: 1. William, m. Mary Tiger (dan. of Peter) ; 2. Philip (Pleasant Valley), b. 1832, March 6, m. Ann Sutton (dau. of Aaron) ; 3. Adam, m.' Charity Apgar (dau. of Harmen) ; 4. George, m. Catherine Hoffman (dau. of Jacob).
(III). WILLIAM, m. Sara Flemming (dau. of William).
(IV). SOPHIA, m. Peter Lance.
(V). MARY, m. John Orts.
(VI). ANNA, m. Casper Backer.
IV. JOHN, m. 1783, Jan. 7, Elisabeth Sutton (dau. of John); had children (order uncertain):
(I). JOHN, m. Catherine Hotrum (dau. of George).
(II). ANDREW, b. 1793, m. Elisabeth Philhower (dan. of John), b. 1793 ; had ch .: 1. RACHEL, m. Peter R. Teats ; 2. JESSE ; 3. ELISABETH, m. Jacob W. Apgar (s. of Casper) ; 4. RICHARD, m. (1) Seenie Job; (2) Mary Lundy ; (8) widow of J. C. Emmons ; bad ch .: (1). Ellen, m. Peter Eick, of Hunterdon Co .; (2). Nathan, m. Mary Bird, res. at Califon : (3). Richard, m. Mary Hopwood, res. at Elisabeth- town ; (4). Elisabeth, m. a Sovran ; (5). Enoch, m. Ida Apgar (dau. of Simon), res. at Califon ; (6). Emma, unm .; 5. NATHAN, b. 1822, Aug. 10, m. (1) Elisabeth Tiger (dau. of Jacob); (2) Susan
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H. Mahoney ; 6. DOROTHEA, m. David Lindaberry (s. of Geo. H.) ; 7. SUSAN, m. John R. Apgar (s. of Casper); 8. AARON, d. young ; 9. FANNY, m. David Tiger (s. of Jacob).
(III). PETER, b. 1791, May -, d. 1881, Oct. 17, at 90, m. Catherine Lance ; had ch .: 1. MARGARET, m. (1) Cornelius Sharp (s. of John); (2) Jacob Baldwin ; 2. ELISABETH, m. Benj. Slyker (s. of John), of Hackettstown ; 3. SOPHIA, m. Wm. Roelofson (s. of Christopher), of Stephensburg ; 4. MARY ANN, m. Wm. Cox (s. of Joseph), of Fox Hill ; 5. SARAH, m. Stryker M. Carlin, of Andersontown ; 6. SUSAN, m. Exton Taylor, of Schooley's Mountain ; 7. CATHERINE, unmarried ; 8. SAMUEL, m. Elisabeth Slyker (dau. of William), res. at Chester.
(IV). ANN, m. Joseph Hockenbury.
(V). PHILIP, rem. to Albany.
(VI). ELISABETH, m. John Thomas, of Princeton.
(VII). SUSAN, m. George Lance (brother to Catherine).
(VIII). MARY, m. William Bounds, of New Brunswick.
(IX). RACHEL, died young.
V. JACOB, m. Sarah (?) ; perhaps mar. to Christien Hoffman, 1789, April 27, by Squire Price. (Hist. Sussex and Warren); had ch .:
(I). SAMUEL, b. 1771, May 22.
(IT). EVA, b. 1773, Sept. 14, m. 1816, Nov. 23, Nicholas Tiger.
(III). DANIEL, b. 1778, July 30.
VI. CHRISTINA, m. Andrew Able (s. of Michael ?).
VII. ANNA, m. Harmon Hoffman (s. of Henry).
VIII. ELISABETH.
IX. EVA. X. SOPHIA.
XI. ELISABETH KATRINA.
XII. MARY, m. Aaron Sutton (s. of John).
XIII. MERINDA.
XIV. LENA, m. Fred. Hoffman (s. of Henry); not mentioned in will of Philip.
SCHWARTZWELDER.
JACOB SCHWARTZWELDER, m. "Christina, a born Schwartzwelder"; bad a son Martin. There is a brief family record in German owned by the descend. ants of John Schwartzwelder, now living in Stillwater, N. J., from which a few facts are gathered. MARTIN, b. 6 Oct., 1726, d. 1795 ; buried at Still- water ; came from Burgberg (?), Weyler Stabs and Hornberger Amts in Wur- temberg, m. Rosina Barbara Gotzin ; had ch .: I. JACOB, b. 5 Feb., 1763, d. 5 March, 1795, buried at Stillwater : II. MATTHEUS, communicant Stillwater Lutheran Church, 1775 ; III. MARGARETHA, communicant Stillwater Lutheran Church, 1775 ; IV. ANNA MARIA, confirmed, 1777; V. ELISABETH, b 1765, confirmed, 1782 ; VI. ANNA MARIA MAGDALENA BEKERIN ; VII. ANNA MARIA BEKERIN ; VIII. JOHANNES, b. Hartwick, Sussex Co., N. J., 30 May, 1767, bap. by pastor Schaffer, Johanes Kuhn and his wife Magdalena being godparents, confirmed by Rev. John Frederick Ernst, m. first, Anna Margaret Flock (dau. of Andreas 2d), b. 3 Nov. 1761 ; second, Susanna Harden, a widow ; had ch .: 1. Martin, b. 5 Aug., 1793 (1794 ?), d. 10 April, 1843 ; res. at Knowlton, Warren
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Co., m. Mary -, b. - 43 ; 2. Andreas, b. 8. May, 1795 ; 3. Anna Margaret, b. 8 Jan., 1797 ; 4. Matthias, b. 1799 ; 5. Jacob, b. 13 Nov., 1798 ; 6. Johannes, b. 20 March, 1803.
SEALS.
JOHN, an English school teacher, came to the vicinity of High Bridge about 1760. In 1802, John, Daniel and William Seals all occupied farms on Allen and Turner tract in High Bridge twp. John Paul Sehl [Seal ?] landed at Phila. from ship "Two Brothers" 15 Sept., 1752. John had ch .:
I. DANIEL.
II. JOHN, m. Martha Milham and had 1. ROBERT, m. twice ; rem. to Easton, Pa .; 2. ANDREW B., m. Elisabeth Beam ; had (1). William, unmarried ; (2). Samuel W., m. Melissa Howell ; (3). Anna, m. D. G. Perrine ; (4). George B., m. a Peer ; (5). Wesley, m. a Cook ; (6). Rachel, m. George Howell ; 3. SILVESTER, m. first, a Swick ; second, -; 4. ABRAHAM, m. the widow of Peter Gulick ; 5. DAVID, m. a lady of N. Y .; 6. CATE- ERINE, m. Oliver Sutton.
NATHAN SEALS, had a brother LAWRENCE ; has ch .: 1. JOHN, m. Ellen Con- dict : 2. ANGELINE, m. Andrew Booth : 3. MARY. m. Robert Hendershot ; 4. LYDIA, m. Richard Valentine ; 5. ADALINE, m. William Hoppock : 6. MILLER, m. - Condict ; 7. CATHERINE, m. John Crout.
SEARLES.
JOSEPH SEARLES, of North Castle, Westchester Co., N. Y .; m. Martha, his will found in N. Y. city, dated 1755, June 10, probated 1756, Mar. 9, names ch .:
I. JAMES.
II. JEREMIAH.
III. ELISABETH.
IV. JOSEPH.
V. GLORANAH.
VI. REUBEN.
REUBEN, prob. s. of Joseph, tradition says settled about 1797 on Rattlesnake Hill, above Oxford Furnace, where he raised a large family ; he had ch. at least :
I. WILLIAM, m. Deborah Rowe; came from near Belvidere to Schooley's Mountain and bought 112 acres in 1802 from Lawrence Hann, near Flock's school house; had ch .:
(I). EPHRAIM, m. 1800, April 6, Eva Sovreen ; rem. to Canada.
(II). MOSES, b. 1781, Sept. 10, d. 1860, Feb. 17, m. 1833, Jan. 24, Margaret Catherine Peer, h. 1810, Aug. 26, d. 1878, Jan. 18 ; joined First Presbyterian Church in Morristown, 1831, " first Sabbath in June;" had ch .: 1. GIDEON, (deceased) m. Elisabeth Welsh (dau. of John Sharp Welsh), removed to Blue River, Wis .; had ch .: (1). William C .; (2). Lizzie; (3). Ella; (4). Warren ; (5). Nettie ; 2. MARY ELLEN. m. Wm. Runyon (s. of Wm. V.); 3. ISAIAH, m. Margaret D. Hull ; has ch .: (1). Robinson Day; (2), Walter ; (3). William ; (4). Benjamin ; (5). Ernest ; 4. DANIEL, m. Sarah Welsh (dau. of John S.); rem. to New York ; has ch .: (1). Frederick (deceased) ; (2). Eva ; (3). Albert.
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(III). REUBEN, m. (1) Elisabeth Colver ; (2). -; rem. to Penn.
(IV). HANNAH, m. Morris Thomas (s. of Matthias).
(V). SARAH, unmarried.
II. REUBEN.
III. FREDERICK, m. Anna Maria ; his will, dated Knowlton, 1822, prob. 1838, June 23, names ch .: 1. CATHERINE, b. 1775, Dec. 8, m. Enos Savige; 2. ELISABETH, m. William Pettinger ; 3 PEGGY, m. Jonas Jones ; 4. MARY, m. Peter Sigler ; 5. ADALINA, m. Michel Butts ; 6. THOMAS (de- ceased) ; 7. ISAAC ; 8. SUSANNAH ; 9. ANN.
IV. GEORGE.
SEIFERS.
MICHEL CYPHER [Seifer], on West Jersey Society lands in Alexandria twp., Hunterdon Co., 1756-66.
PHILIP, m. Rebecca and had ch .:
I. WILHELM, b. 16 Jan., 1769, and perhaps also another son,
II. PHILIP, who had a son 1. PETER, b. 20 June, 1797, d. 16 Aug., 1888, at 91, m. first, Anna Hann, b. 21 Dec., 1802, d. 13 June, 1886, at 83 ; second, Sarah Shampanore ; had ch .: (1). David, died young ; (2). Perninah, m. Moses Hagar ; (3). Caroline Elisabeth, m. Will. Hoffman ; (4). Philip, m. Mary Harvey ; (5). James, m. Nancy Robinson ; (6). Jacob, m. Hester Perry ; (7). Sarah, m. Caleb M. Muir ; (8). Mary, unmarried ; (9). Peter, m. Jennie Beavers.
SEWARD.
WILLIAM SEWARD, sailed from London, 6 Jan., 1634, for St. Christopher and Barbadoes, and was prob. the first one of the name to come to this country.
OBADIAH SEWARD drew lot 49 ac Brookhaven, L. I., in 1664 ; was taxpayer there in 1675 ; signs quit claim, 24 April, 1738 : Obadiah and Joseph are assessed in 1741, and Abner and Samuel in 1749, in Brookhaven ; prob. m. Ann, and had ch .: Obadiah, Joseph, Abner, Samuel and Eliakim. Samuel, of Islip, L. I., left a nuncopative or oral will dated 7 Sept., 1750, prob. in New York, 18 March, 1751, in which he speaks of his mother Ann and brother Eliakim.
OBADIAH, 2d, son of Obadiah, rem. to Roxbury twp., Morris Co., where he owned land next to Samuel Swazey, Jr., in 1747. Letters of administration of his estate were granted, 3 June, 1751 [Trenton Lib. F. fol. 94], to his widow Isabella. Obadiah sold the farm where William Seward, Esq., now lives to Rev. Stephen Overton who occupied it for 32 years and then his daughter, Mrs. Elisabeth Faircloe, wife of Caleb, occupied it for 7 years, having inherited it, and at the end of that period sold it to Daniel Seward, the grandson of Obadiah. He had children, probably : Eliacum, b. 1724; Mehitable, m. 1748. Nathan Cooper (s. of Nathan) ; John, b. 22 March, 1730 ; Lydia, b. 1735, d. 22 Dec., 1775, at 20 ; Isaac (!).
ELIAKIM (Eliacum), s. of Obadiah, 2d, b. 1724, d. 8 Oct., 1784, at 60 ; had ch. on records of Morristown : SARAH, bap. 14 Feb., 1748 ; ANNA, bap. 27 May, 1750 : SARAH, (again), bap. 2 April, 1752 ; SAMUEL, bap. 25 Aug., 1753.
JOHN, s. of Obadiah, 2d, b. 22 March, 1730, d. on his farm in Sussex Co., 9 Dec., 1797, at 68, m. 22 March, 1751, Mary Swazey (dau. of Samuel 1st), b. 3 April,
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1733, d. at Florida, N. Y., 29 Feb., 1816, at 83. John rem. to Snufftown; Sussex Co., before 1767 ; freeholder, Sussex Co., 1767-1779 ; Colonel in the 2d Regi- ment of Sussex Volunteers in the Revolution ; his will, " Hardiston," Sussex Co., 2 Oct., prob. 13 Dec., 1797. He had ch .: 1. POLLY, b. 1752, d. 1771, at 19, m. 1771, Capt. Richard Edsall ; 2. OBADIAH, b. 1754, d. 1792, received from his father land in Roxbury "now occupied by him," was a captain in his father's regiment ; 3. NANCY, b. 1756, d. 1762 ; 4. A DAUGHTER, b: 1758, died young ; 5. ELISABETH, b. 1759, d 1795, m. [? Dr. Jonathan] Swazey ; 6. HESTER, b. 1762, died young ; 7. JOHN, b. 10 June, 1765 ; prob. m. 18 March, 1790, Deborah Conckling ; becane Colonel of Militia, after the Revolution, inherited lands in Hardiston, which he sold, and then rem to Ohio and then to Hillsborough, III., where he became a wealthy landowner ; 8. SAMUEL SWAZEY, b. 5 Dec., 1768, d. 1849, m. Mary Jennings ; rem. to Florida, N. Y., from Vernon, N. J., where he founded the SEWARD INSTITUTE in 1846, with an endowment of $20,000.00 ; member of the Legislature, 1804; County Judge, 1815 ; left an estate at his death of about 350 thousand dollars ; 9. ISRAEL, b. 1773, d. 1779.
ISAAC, s. of Obadiah, 2d., m. Phebe ; his will [Trenton, Lib. K. fol. 222], dated Morris Co., 11 Sept., 1766, prob. 17 Nov., 1769, names wife Phebe and ch .:
I. SAMUEL, prob. m. Elisabeth Keen (dau. of Capt. James ?) ; had ch. (on Morristown records) at least : 1. Sarah, bap. 22 Sept., 1781 ; 2. Ruth, bap. 9 May, 1783 ; 3. Anna Julianna, bap. 6 March, 1786 : 4. Elisabeth Ayres, bap. 4 April, 1788.
II. DANIEL, m. first, - Skellinger (dau. of -); second, Sallie Baird ; had ch .:
(I). DANIEL, M. D., m. Julia Rumsey, and rem. to Goshen, N. Y.
(II). HENRY, b. 1792, d. 27 Aug., 1871, at 79, m. Beulah Ann Cooper (dau. of Abraham), b. 1799, d. 9 Nov., 1885, at 86 ; had ch .: 1. Nathan ; 2. Henry ; 3. William.
(III). HECTOR, m. a Smith ; rem to Goshen, N. Y.
(IV). A SON, removed to New York.
SHAFER.
CASPAR SHAVER, b. 1712, d. 17 Dec., 1784, m. Maria Catrina Bernhard (dau. of John Peter), b. 1721, d. 1 Dec., 1794 ; arrived at Philadelphia, 16 Sept., 1738, in ship Queen Elisabeth ; had 8 ch .:
I. PETER B., b. 1744, d. 6 April, 1799, m. Elisabeth, b. 1747, d. 10 May, 1823. II. ABRAHAM, had Nathan and Peter.
III. ISAAC, m. first, -; second, Martha Linn (dau. of John Linn and Martha Kirkpatrick); had Rev. Joseph Linn Shafer, D. D., b. at Still- water, 9 May, 1787, d. 12 Nov., 1858 ; pastor of Presbyterian Church of Newton, Sussex Co., N. J.
MICHAEL SHEPHER, of Lebanon, whose will, prob. 25 Aug., 1768, names ch .: I. MARGARET ; II. ELISABETH ; III. PATIONS [Patience], "not of age."
PETER, of Oxford, Sussex Co., whose will 6 Aug., prob. 5 Nov., 1795, names wife Catherine and ch .: I. PETER ; II. JOHN ; III, MARGARET ; IV. ELENOR ; V. CATHERINE.
SHARPS or SHAPENSTINE.
MATTHIAS, of Potterstown, Tewkesbury twp .; his will dated 1750, Oct. 16, prob.
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1756, Oct. 7 ; names wife, Anna Gertruy [Gertrude], and the following children; by his first wife had several children, only one of whom is mentioned, and he is the eldest :
I. MORRIS, in Tewkesbury twp., 1764, bnys 361 acres in Upper German Valley 1767, March 31, of Wm. Allen, Blacksmith ; his will, prob. 1781, Sept. 12, [Lib. M., fol. 63, Trenton], mentions wife Catharine and ch .:
(I). MATTHIAS mar. Elisabeth Hager (dau. of Johannes, Ist), d. 1791, had second hnsband, John Alpock ; will of Matthias dated 1773, April +, prob. April 30, mentions "my bro. Peter," my bro .- in-law Jaccb Hager" and three children :
1. MORRIS, b. 1761, Feb. 26, d. 1830. Feb. 22, m. Mary Cramer (dau. of Matthias); owned farm south of Lebanon, N. J., which was bought by his son-in-law David Sharp, who left it to his son Asa. It is now (1894) owned by Asa's son John ; Morris had ch .: (1). Anna Mary, b. 1784, Nov. 4, rr. David Sharp (s. of John and Lena Crafft); (2). Elisabeth, b. 1789, July 10, m. Adam Stiger ; (3). Saah, m. Urias Hoagland ; (+). Susan, m. Elleck Probasco ; (5). Anna, m. John Welsh (s. of William, 2d). That the above Morris was the son of Matthias above is conjectured. Matthias' son Morris is said to have died in Cin- cinnatti.
2. ELISABETH CATHERINE, b. 1766, Aug. 10, m. Nicholas Neighbor (s. of Leonard, 2d).
3. JOHN, b. 1770. Feb. 10, "went to Albany."
(II). PETER, inherited 150 acres, one-half his father's farm in Upper German Valley. He appears to have moved to Passaic Valley, Morris Co.
(III). MORRIS, d. 1823, ma. Mary Welsh (dau of John Wilhelm, Ist), in- herited 150 acres, the other half of his father's farm in Upper Ger- man Valley ; he had ch .: 1. ELISABETH, m. Wm. Larrison, of Pleasant Hill : 2. MARIA, b. 1784, Nov. 2, m. John Flock (s. of Matthias, Ist); went to Canada (or Ohio); 3. ANNA, b. 1789, Oct. 10, m. Richard Loveridge ; 4. JOHN, b' 1794, March 16, d. young ; 5. MORRIS, b. 1796, Aug. 10, m. 1820, Oct. 12, Mary A. Thomas (s. of John), b. 1795, sept. 19, lived on De Cue place, was a butcher and also kept a store ; had ch .: (1). Eliza, b. 1821, Sept 4, m. Geo. Kaar ; (2). William Larason, b. 1822, Dec. 2 ; m. Matilda A. Kaar ; (3). Anne, b. 1824, June 4, m. William Buchanan ; (4). Aaron, b. 1825, Aug. 1, m. Anna L. Perry ; (5). Silvester, b. 1827, July 1, m. Mary E. Bunn (2d wife) ; went to Nebraska ; (6) David A., b. 1830, Feb. 5. m. Charlotte Perry; went to Ohio ; (7). Mary Ann, b. 1832, Oct. 22, m. James Larason (s. of James) ; bad cb .; (8). Morris T., b. 1834, Sept. 29, m. in Illinois ; (9). Nathan, b. 1837, July 19, m. Fanny Studer, of Ohio ; 6. PHILIP, m. Nancy Larri- son ; 7. DOROTHY, m, Benjamin Peterson, of Drakesvillle ; 8. MARGARET, m. Jerry Howell ; 9. SUSANNA, b. 1802, m. Aaron Schenck : 10. WILLIAM, b. 1806, d. young ; 11. DAVID WELSH, b. 1808, Jan. 26, m. in Ohio two wives, lives at Mt. Vernon, O.
(IV). JOHN, b. 1743, m. first, Magdalena (Helena, Lena) Croft (dau. of Wilhelm, b. 1717, and Katrina Croft, b. 1718) ; second, Mary Henn
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(widow of Matthias Cramer); third, Catharine Apgar (dau. of John Adam, Ist, and widow of John Emery) ; lived near High Bridge for a time ; bought land in partnership with Ziba Hazen, near Hackettstown, at an early date ; had ch .:
1. KATRINA, b. 1767, m. Ziba Hazen.
2. ANNA, b. 1769, m. John Trimmer (s. of Matthias, Ist).
3 WILLIAM CROFT, b. 1772, came to Hackettstown, where he died 1856, Feb. 21, at 84, m. Annie Neiser (dau. of Jacob, of Lebanon) ; bad ch .: (1). MARY, m. Abraham Sharp (s. of John Peter, 2d), of German Valley ; (2). JOHN, m, Mary Rusling, of Trenton) ; (3). ELISABETH, b. 1800, May 17, m. David Welsh (s. of William, Jr.); (4). JACOB NEISER, b. 1802, April 26, m. Rachel Hoffman ; had ch .: (a). Caroline, m. Hugh Menagh ; (b). Margaret A., m. Wm. H. Axford ; (c). Martha J., m. Jacob C. Allen ; (d). Amanda, unm .; (e). John Henry, m. Anna Carr ; (f). Mary E., m. Marshall L. Ward ; (g). William C., unm .; (5). ELLENOR, m. Selvan (Silvanus) Downs ; (6). CATHERINE, m. Thomas Fleming ; (7). MARGARET, m. George Titman ; (8). SARAH. m. Cibah Osborn ; (9). JANE m. Joseph White.
4. JOHANNES, b. 1774, April 17.
5. CHRISTINA, b. 1776, April 20, m. Matthias Cramer ;s. of Matthias).
6. DAVID, b. 1784, Feb. 20, d. 1871, Jan. 26, m. Mary Sharp (dau. of Morris and Mary Cramer), b. 1787, Nov. 4, d. 1859, Sept. 27 ; bad ch .: (1). JOHN W., b. 1800, Dec. 8, m. Annie Hoffman ; (2). MORRIS, b. 1810, March 31, m. Elisabeth Cole ; (3). ASA, b. 18 2, Aug. 31, m. Catherine A. Voorhees ; (4). WILLIAM, b. 1814, Oct. 11, m. Frances E. Holcombe ; (5). DAVID, b. 1816, Dec. 14, m. first, Lydia Stiger (dau. of Henry); second, Mrs. Keturah Ram- Ramsey : (6). EMILY CAROLINE, b. 1818, Nov. 4, m. Christopher B. Van Sickle ; (7). MARY ADELINE, b. 1820, Nov. 2, m. Mahlon Hulsizer : (8). ELLEN CHARLOTTIE, b. 1822, Nov. 4, m. John Jones ; (9). JACOB F., b. 1823, Nov. 26, m. Aletta E. Dunn ; all lived in Clinton twp.
7. MORRIS, killed in infancy in a runaway accident.
(V). ANNA.
(VI). ELISABETH, b. 1741, m. William Alpoch (s. of Morris, of Upper Ger- man Valley).
(VII). CHRISTINA, m. Harmon Dilts.
(IX). DOROTHY, b. 174-, m, Wilhelm Welsch (s. of Wilhelm, Ist).
(X). ANNA MARY, b. 1754, Sept. 11, m. David Welsh (s. of John . Wil- helm, 1st).
II. JOHN WILHELM (perhaps s. of Matthias), m. Lena or Mary.
III. PAUL (perhaps s. of Matthias), of Lebanon, m. Elsa, names in his will, dated 1755, Oct. 22, prob. Nov. 20, godchildren, Paul Clover, Paul Sharp, Paul Engel, Paul Erick, and executors, John Dilse, of Amwell, and Jacob Gerhert, of Lebanon. This Paul may be a generation older and a brother, instead of a son of Matthias, by the second wife.
IV. Not named, but referred to.
V. JOHN GEORGE (called "second son by second wife"), b. 1734, March 17, probably m. Anna Gertrude Dilts (dau. of Peter).
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VI. MATTHIAS, probably m. Sarah -
VII. ANNA, m. Conrad Pickle in 1752.
VIII. MARIE, m. a Young.
IX. SOPHIA.
X. PETER, has wife Rebecca [Ten Eyck !] and ch .: 1 ARIAN, bap. 1768, Oct 22 ; 2. WILLIAM, bap. 1771, Jan. 29 ; 3. ABRAHAM, bap. 1773, Feb. 15. XI. JACOB, m. Sara and had MATTHIAS, b. 1768, Dec. 8.
SHARPS OF GERMAN VALLEY.
JOHN PETER, buys 210 acres of the Logan tract in German Valley 1749. Dec. 8, for £100 ; letters of adm. of estate of John Peter Sharpenstine, of Roxbury twp., Morris Co., were granted to Anne Sharpenstine 1760, June 2 ; and 1767, June 7, Samuel Grandine is appointed guardian of John Peter Sharpenstine (s. of John Peter, deceased). The following are the children of John Peter, Ist, so far as they can be discovered at the present time:
I. MORRIS, b. 1739, May 25, d. 1827, June 30, buried in Hackettstown Ceme- tery. He is supposed to have owned the American House, which was owned afterwards by his daughter, who had two sons, Edward and Morris. A son, Isaac, who was blind, is remembered by some of the older people. He was remarkably skillful in detecting coin by the touch and never made any mistake in making change, although deprived of the use of his eyes.
II. MARIA CATHERINE, b. 1741, Feb. 2, d. - , m. 1757, March 3, Law- rence Hager (s. of Johannes, Ist).
III. JOHN PETER, 2d. b. 1746, d. 1826, Feb. 5, at 80, m. Anna Catherine Freese, b. 1753, d. 1823, May 13. His will was prob. 1826, March 11 ; had children :
(I). MARIA ELISABETH, b. 1774, June 2, m. Jacob Miller (s. of Henry, 1st); receives from her father one-half the farm, a distillery in Sussex Co., and $100.
(IT). CATHERINE, b. 1776, June 23, m. Henry Miller (s. of Henry, 1st) ; re- ceives from her father 100 acres of Timber land on the Ellis tract and $1,500.
(III). JOHN, b. 1778, Sept. 18, d. 1848, May 20, at 70, m. Maria Hager (dau. of Jacob), b. 1798, d. 1858, March 29 ; inherits the Draketown property and $1,600 ; had ch .: 1. Lawrence Hager, b. 1809, Dec. 19, d. 1849, Aug. 20, at 39 ; 2. Jacob W., b. 1812, June 17, d. 1844, Sept. 2, at 32 ; 3. Amand, m. William Steward ; 4. Sophia, m. Isaac W. Crane ; 5. Jesse Miller, m. Julia Budd; 6. Lydia Ann, m. States Nelson Weiss ; 7. Mary, m. Morris Weiss (s. of Andrew) ; 8. John, m. Nancy McCracken ; 9. Eliza, m. Jacob Welsh (s. of Jacob).
(IV). ANNA MARIA, b. 1781, June 22, m. Lawrence Hager, 3d (s. of John, Jr.); inherits the land south of the Raritan, next to Robert Car- lisle, and $1,509.
(V). DAVID, b. 1786, Jan. 1, m. 1812, Feb. 27, Annie C. Hager, b. 1794 (dau. of Jacob "L."); inherits 154 acres in German Valley ; had ch .: 1. Morris, b. 1814, Jan. 15, m. Anna Smith ; 2. John Peter, b. 1816, m. Dorothy Terryberry (dau. of John); 3. Henry Miller, b. 1818, d. young ; 4. William Hager, b. 1819, m. Caroline Trimmer
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(dau. of Matthias); 5. Lambert Bowman, b. 1823; m. Sarah Lake ; 6. Elisabeth Kline, b. 1825, m. Edgar Crane ; 7. David, b. 1828, m. Mary Neighbor (dau. of Leonhard) ; 8. Jacob Miller, b. 1830, died young ; 9. Whitefield Hunt, b. 1831, m. Anna Weiss (dau. of Jacob A.); 10. Annie, b. 1834, m. Samuel Trimmer (s. of Matthias) ; 11. Nathan Stiger, b. 1837, m. Mary Jane Pace (dau. of John).
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